House File 2298 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2298 BY LOHSE A BILL FOR An Act relating to prequalification requirements for 1 competitive quotations and competitive bids for the 2 construction of public safety infrastructure and purchase of 3 public safety technology. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6037YH (2) 90 sc/js

H.F. 2298 Section 1. Section 26.14A, Code 2024, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. A governmental entity may use a 3 prequalification requirement, specification requirement, or 4 a procurement evaluation to protect the public interest for 5 public safety infrastructure to be constructed for or public 6 safety technology to be purchased by the governmental entity, 7 including for traffic control devices, cameras, computers, 8 software, unmanned aerial vehicles, and solar, wind, or other 9 energy infrastructure or technology, through the limitation 10 on or preference against any product, technology, software, 11 design, or company from a country that is not a member of the 12 north Atlantic treaty organization. 13 Sec. 2. Section 26.16, Code 2024, is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 26.16 Prequalification requirements prohibited. 16 1. A Except to the extent provided in subsection 2, a 17 governmental entity shall not by ordinance, rule, or any 18 other action relating to contracts for public improvements 19 for which competitive bids are required by this chapter 20 impose any requirement that directly or indirectly restricts 21 potential bidders to any predetermined class of bidders defined 22 by experience on similar projects, size of company, union 23 membership, or any other criteria. However, a governmental 24 entity shall require nonresident bidders to comply with section 25 8A.311B, subsection 4 . 26 2. A governmental entity may use a prequalification 27 requirement to disqualify a bid involving any product, 28 technology, software, design, or company from a country that 29 is not a member of the north Atlantic treaty organization for 30 public safety infrastructure to be constructed for or public 31 safety technology to be purchased by the governmental entity, 32 including for traffic control devices, cameras, computers, 33 software, unmanned aerial vehicles, and solar, wind, or other 34 energy infrastructure or technology. 35 -1- LSB 6037YH (2) 90 sc/js 1/ 2

H.F. 2298 EXPLANATION 1 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 This bill relates to prequalification requirements for the 4 construction of public safety infrastructure for and purchase 5 of public safety technology by a governmental entity. Under 6 current law, a governmental entity shall not impose any 7 requirement that directly or indirectly restricts potential 8 bidders to a predetermined class of bidders defined by certain 9 criteria. The bill allows a governmental entity to use 10 prequalification requirements to limit quotations or disqualify 11 bids involving any product, technology, software, design, 12 or company from a country that is not a member of the north 13 Atlantic treaty organization for the construction of public 14 safety infrastructure for or the purchase of public safety 15 technology by the governmental entity. 16 -2- LSB 6037YH (2) 90 sc/js 2/ 2